Label



Oct. 25, 1932. E. a. PETERSEN LABEL Filed March 12, 1932 M ATTORNEYPatented Oct. 25, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELLIOTT I. PETERSEN,OF ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO BIGELOW-SANFORD CARPET CO., INC 01'THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS LABELApplication fled larch 1B, 1882. Serial No. 598,880.

This invention relates to a combined floor covering and marker or labeltherefor.

It has heretofore been the practice to provide floor coverings such ascarpets and rugs with printed matter applied to the back thereofidentifying the maker and other information desired. Such priorconditions require that the floor covering be turned back when a view ofthe printed matter thereon is desired.

Carpets and rugs which are exhibited for sale are sometimes laid uponfloor singly, but the more common practice is to pile such floorcoverings, such as carpets and rugs, one on top of the other so that theidentifying marks printed on the back of the carpet or rug can only beinspected or examined by turning back either the singly exhibited carpetor rug or turning back a number where they are piled one on top of eachother.

The present invention seeks to provide a floor covering such as a carpetor rug combined with an identifying marker or label such that thepractice heretofore existing and the objections thereto may be entirelyovercome.

Carpets and rugs frequently have a pile surface and the terminal endportions thereof are usually formed with a heading and an end fringe,and it is more particularly to this type of floor covering that thepresent invention relates.

More specifically stated the present invention comprises a floorcovering having a pile surface and an edge fringe so combined with amarker or label that the fringe portion of the floor covering will beenclosed by the marker or label which may be provided with identifyinginformation readily observable whether the floor covering is displayedsingly or in piles for sale.

The invention and novel features thereof will best be made clear fromthe following description and accompanying drawing In the drawing Fig. 1is a perspective view of a pile carpet or rug containing the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof through the marker or label of acarpet or rug;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of the marker or label,parts of the latter being broken away for clearne'ss of illustration;and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the marker or label of themodification shown in Fig. 3.

The carpet or rug comprises a ground fabric 1 from which extends thepile forming yarn 2 usually presenting a pattern effect on the surfaceof the carpet or rug.

The terminal end portion 3 of the carpet or rug is woven without thepile and forms a heading to which is secured the fringe 4, the fringeforming elements 5 of which project some distance beyond the terminalend portion of the carpet or rug.

The marker or label 6 is formed of textile material and comprises anupper portion 7 and alower portion 8, such portions being united at 9 toform an enclosing envelope for the fringe.

The upper portion 7, as shown, is secured to the heading or plain woventerminal portion of the rug by means of stitches 10 which pass throughthe inturned end 11 0f the upper portion 7.

The lower portion 8 of the marker or label is secured to the undersurface of the carpet or rug as indicated at 12, it being understoodthat the upper portion 7 and the lower portion 8 being united at thepoint 9 form an enclosing envelope for the fringe elements 5.

The enclosing envelope formed as described, extends beyond the fringeelements 5, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that the enclosed fringe formingelements 5 are free while still enclosed in the envelope.

By reason of the connection between the upper portion 7 being secured tothe heading by stitches passing through the inturned end of the upperportion 7 the bend of the upper portion at 13 is caused to extendupwardly and may position the upper portion 7 in the plane of the pilesurface, as indicated in Fig. 2.

From the construction described it will be apparent that the fringe atthe end of the rug will be enclosed between the upper and lower portions7 and 8 of the label or marker and the upper portion 7 will therebypresent such data as may be employed for identification of the rug orcarpet for ready inspection at all times.

Since the marker or label which is identified as a whole bv the numeral6 is formed of textile material, it may be desirable at times to employa stiffener between the upper and lower enclosing members 7 and 8.

Such stiffener, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, may be formed of anysheet material, but as shown in the present instance of the invention,such material comprises a woven fabric such for instance as crinoline,hair cloth, buckram or the like which, while lending a certain amount ofstiffening effect to the marker or label as a whole, will neverthelessbe non-rigid.

The stiffener 14, Figs. 3 and 4, is shown in the present instance asbeing secured to the heading of the carpet or rug and extendslongitudinally of the fringe forming elements 5 toward the closed end ofthe label or marker and bears upon the fringe forming elements to notonly lend flexible stiffness to the label as a whole, but to maintainthe fringe forming elements in their proper extended relation from theheading of the rug. In the present instance the stiffener 14 extendsbeyond the end of the fringe forming elements 5, but is preferably notconnected to them nor to the label or marker 6, the effect being thatthe latter may yield to a degree while held in a position extending fromthe end of the rug or carpet.

From the construction described both as to the preferred and modifiedform of the invention it will be apparent that the pile carpet or rughas an identifying marker or label extending well beyond the end of theenclosed fringe which while yieldable by reason of its textile characteryet presents the identifying marks of the rug or carpet beyond the endthereof, whether the rug or carpet is individually displayed or arrangedin piles.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. In combination with a floor covering having apile surface, a plain woven terminal end, and a fringe secured to thelatter, a looped label formed of flexible textile material and having anupper portion and a lower portion united together beyond the free end ofthe fringe, the end of the upper portion being turned outwardly beyondthe pile surface to form an upward bend in the upper portion adjacent tothe pile surface, means for securing the outwardly turned end of theupper portion to the floor covering with the upper portion of the labelfree of the securing means to cause the top surface of the upper portionof the label at the bend to extend upwardly substantially in the planeof the pile surface, a bendable stiffener having its securing end turnedoutwardly to form a bend within the bend of the upper portion of thelabel to support the bend of the label with its top surfacesubstantially in the plane of the pile, and means for securing the lowerportion of the label to the floor covering.

2. In combination with a floor covering having a pile surface, a plainwoven terminal end, and a fringe secured to the latter, a looped labelformed of flexible textile material and having an upper portion and alower portion united together beyond the free end of the fringe, the endof the upper portion being turned outwardly beyond the pile surface toform an upward bend in the upper portion adjacent to the pile surface,means for securing the outwardly turned end of said upper portion to thefloor coving with the upper portion of the label free of the securingmeans to cause the top surface of the upper portion of the label at thebend to extend upwardly substantially in the plane of the pile surface,stiffening means within the upper bend of the label to support the bendof the label with its top surface substantially in the plane of thepile, and means for securing the lower portion of the label to the floorcovering.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ELLIOTT I. PETERSEN.

